India’s state-run oil company ONGC says separatists have demanded it pay them more than $1m or stop operations in the north-eastern state of Assam. ONGC said the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) was asking for 5bn rupees ($1.13m) “without much delay”. ONGC has several oilfields and gas exploitation centres in Assam, India’s third largest oil-producing state. Full Story